Martin Bandier

Martin Bandier
Born Martin N. Bandier[1]
(1941-07-21) July 21, 1941
Ethnicity Jewish
Citizenship United States
Alma mater B.A. Syracuse University
J.D. Brooklyn Law School
Occupation music industry executive
Employer Sony/ATV
Home town Southampton, New York
Title CEO
Spouse(s) Denise LeFrak (divorced)
Dorothy Harris
Children with LeFrak:
--Allison Bandier Koffman
--Jenifer Bandier
with Harris:
--Max Harris Bandier
Awards inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame

Martin N. "Marty" Bandier[1] (born July 21, 1941) is an American music industry executive, who is the CEO of Sony/ATV.

Bandier studied at Stuyvesant High School, Syracuse University, and Brooklyn Law School. He practiced with Battle, Fowler, Jaffin and Kheel, and then became General Counsel to the LeFrak Organization. In 1991, he became chairman and CEO of EMI Music Publishing Worldwide. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2007 he became chairman and CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

Early life and education

Bandier was born July 21, 1941, and grew up in Queens.[2] He graduated from Stuyvesant High School at 16.[2] At Syracuse University he met his first wife – Denise LeFrak, daughter of housing developer Samuel LeFrak – and majored in political science and history and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1961.[2][3][4] He then attended Brooklyn Law School, graduating in 1965.[2][4][5][6]

Career

Following graduation from Brooklyn Law School, he joined the New York firm of Battle, Fowler, Jaffin and Kheel.[2][4][5][6] In 1969, Bandier became General Counsel to the LeFrak Organization, where he rose to Senior Vice President.[2][4] In 1975, he formed The Entertainment Company with Sam LeFrak and Charles Koppelman as his co-principals.[2][4]

In the early 1980s Bandier and Denise LeFrak divorced, and in 1984 Bandier and Koppelman dissolved their partnership with LeFrak and formed the Entertainment Music Company and the Entertainment Television Company.[2][4] In 1986, the partners purchased the Combine Music Catalog.[2] That same year, Bandier and Koppelman teamed with financier Stephen Swid to form SBK Entertainment World, Inc. and purchased the 250,000 title CBS songs catalog for the then-record price of $125 million.[2][4] In 1989, Bandier helped engineer the sale of SBK's song catalog to EMI Music and the creation of SBK Records.[2] By the end of the first year at EMI, the company was named Billboard Magazine's number one music publisher.[2]

In 1991, EMI Music Publishing Worldwide, then the world's largest music publisher, named Bandier – until then its vice chairman – chairman and chief executive.[7] He was also president and chief operating officer of the SBK Records Group, a record label that EMI operated with its parent.[7] In 2005, Bandier asked EMI to sell him its publishing unit, and when it refused he resigned in 2006. A few months later he took over as head of the music publishing entity Sony/ATV.[4] In 2009, he was chief executive of Sony/ATV.[4]

In 1990, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.[2]

Bandier assumed the position of chairman and CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing in 2007, and oversees its global music publishing activities, including talent and copyright acquisitions, day-to-day operations, and the development and implementation of the company's long-term strategic initiatives.[8]

In February 2015 he received the President's Merit Award as a Grammy Icon at the Pre Grammy Gala in Los Angeles. He was the first music publisher to receive the award.[8]

Personal life

Bandier has married twice. His first wife was Denise LeFrak. They had two children before divorcing: Allison Bandier Koffman, who married Jeffrey Koffman in a ceremony performed by Rabbi Elihu Schagrin at the Pierre Hotel in Manhattan;[9] and Jenifer Lee Bandier, who married W.J. Diggins 3d in a ceremony performed by Cantor David Benedict at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan.[10]

His second wife is Dorothy Harris. They have one son: Max Harris Bandier.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Martin Bandier". Sony.com.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "1990 Award and Induction Ceremony Induction Ceremonies". Songwriters Hall of Fame. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  3. ↑ GERALDINE FABRIKANT (November 21, 1991). "EMI Music Publishing Fills Chairman's Post". New York Times. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Turning Music Into Dollars at Sony/ATV," New York Times
  5. 1 2 Harold O'Grady. "BLS LawNotes". ISSUU. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  6. 1 2 John Cassy and David Teather. "The man who sold the world music". The Guardian. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  7. 1 2 "EMI Music Publishing Fills Chairman's Post". New York Times. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  8. 1 2 Grammy.com November 12, 2014 Press release: Pre-GRAMMY Gala To Honor Martin Bandier
  9. ↑ New York Times: "WEDDINGS; Allison Bandier and Jeffrey Koffman" April 9, 1995
  10. ↑ New York Times: "WEDDINGS;Jennifer Bandier, W.J. Diggins 3d March 17, 1996
  11. ↑ Palm Beach Daily News: "Sony/ATV CEO Martin Bandier pays $3.3 million of Il Logano Condo by Augustus Mayhew] November 3, 2009
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